1979 World Taekwondo Championships

Taekwondo competition 1979 World Taekwondo Championships FRG Stuttgart, West Germany 26–28 October 1979 Glaspalast Sindelfingen KOR 1949 1977 1982 The 1979 World Taekwondo Championships are the 4th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Sindelfingen, Stuttgart, West Germany from October 26 to October 28, 1979. A total of 453 athletes and officials from 38 nations took part in the championships.1979 WORLD TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS https://www.usatkd.org/world-championships-1979 2026-07-12 www.usatkd.org en Medal summary Finweight(−48 kg)Lee Seung-kyung KOR 1949Jaime de Pablos MEX Dae Sung Lee USA Emilio Azofra ESP 1977Flyweight(−52 kg)Yang Ki-mo KOR 1949Jesús Benito ESP 1977 Ramiro Guzmán MEX Bachir Ouazzani MARBantamweight(−56 kg)Kim Yong-ki KOR 1949Pablo Arizmendi MEX Chung Sik Choi USA Dragan Veljović FRGFeatherweight(−60 kg)Yim Dai-taik KOR 1949Reynaldo Salazar MEX Bernd Bartsch FRG Martin Hall AUSLightweight(−64 kg)Park Oh-sung KOR 1949Greg Fears USA Henk Horsten NED Hubert Leuchter FRGWelterweight(−68 kg)Óscar Mendiola MEXLindsay Lawrence GBR Helmut Gärtner FRG Kim Moo-chun KOR 1949Light middleweight(−73 kg)Rainer Müller FRGGuillermo Aragonés MEX Park Chung-ho KOR 1949 Hans Brugmans NEDMiddleweight(−78 kg)Kim Sang-chun KOR 1949Richard Schulz FRG Byl Be Yao CIV John Holloway USALight heavyweight(−84 kg)Jung Chan KOR 1949Eugen Nefedow FRG Scott Rohr USA Abdoulaye Cissé CIVHeavyweight(+84 kg)Sjef Vos NEDThomas Seabourne USAKeith Whittemore AUSCarlos Obregón MEX Medal table flagcountry 7 0 2 KOR 1949 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 1 ESP 1977 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 References WTF Medal Winners https://web.archive.org/web/20120605151739/http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/hall/01_international_championships/01-World-Taekwondo-Championships-Women/Women_04th.html 2012-06-05 External links WT Official Website World Championships World Taekwondo Championships Category:World Taekwondo Championships Category:International taekwondo competitions hosted by Germany Category:Taekwondo competitions in Germany